Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace... it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Washington society has always demanded less and given more than any society in this country--demanded less of applause, deference,... etiquette, and has accepted as current coin quick wit, appreciative tact, and a talent for talking.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

We are a nation that has always gone in for the loud laugh, the wow, the yak, the belly laugh, and the dozen other labels for the ...roll-'em-in-the-aisles gagerissimo. This is the kind of laugh that delights actors, directors, and producers, but dismays writers of comedy because it is the laugh that often dies in the lobby. The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »